SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
2:00 p.m.

• Official hearing transcript
• Press Release - Water and Power Subcommittee Examines Federal Regulations that Cost Jobs and Raise Energy Prices (4/5/2011)

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Creating Abundant Water and Power Supplies and Job Growth by Restoring Common Sense to Federal Regulations"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Tom McClintock
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Dan Keppen
Executive Director
Family Farm Alliance
Klamath Falls, Oregon
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Wade Noble
President
National Water Resources Association
Yuma, Arizona
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Jon Scholl
President
American Farmland Trust
Washington, DC
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Dick Pool
President
Pro-Troll Products
Concord, California
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Paul Orme
Attorney
Stanfield, Central Arizona and
New Magma Irrigation and Drainage Districts
Mayer, Arizona
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Norm Semanko
Executive Director and General Counsel
Idaho Water Users Association
Boise, Idaho
(Truth in Testimony Form)

BACKGROUND:

This hearing complies with H. Res. 72, a resolution passed by the House of Representatives last month that directs certain committees, including the Natural Resources Committee, to review existing, pending and proposed federal regulations and their effect on jobs and economic growth.